Kiln-Fired Roof Tiles

Durable fired clay roof components that improved drainage, fire resistance, and urban building longevity.

Core metadata

ID: kiln_fired_roof_tiles
Era: Ancient
First known date: -3000 (century)
Region: Early urban building traditions
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

None.

Fields

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Node sources

Wheel (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 70%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Fired Bricks & Early Kilns (fired_bricks_early_kilns)	historical_predecessor	75%	expert_inference	Fired Bricks & Early Kilns is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency.	No sources recorded.
Pottery Wheel (pottery_wheel)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Pottery Wheel provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Wheel (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Masonry (masonry)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Masonry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Decision 42 COM 8B.34: Gobekli Tepe (Turkey) (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2018, official_agency) • Supports: edge

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